By Peyton LoCicero Trist | WGNO | April 5, 2022 CLICK FOR VIDEO NEW ORLEANS (WGNO)- “Alarming” is how most Orleans Parish residents are describing the recent spike in crime. Just about every day there are reports of shootings, murders, and carjackings. The Metropolitan Crime Commission keeps a watchful eye on what is happening in…
Department of Justice U.S. Attorney’s Office Eastern District of Louisiana Friday, April 1st, 2022 NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA – United States Attorney Duane A. Evans announced today that ASHLEY McGOWAN (“McGOWAN”), age 35, agreed to plead guilty on March 31, 2022 to Count One (1) in her indictment, charging Conspiracy to Commit Mail Fraud in violation of Title 18, United…
By Andrea Gallo | The Advocate | March 31, 2022 Over the last 15 years, Attorney General Jeff Landry has funneled more than $420,000 from his campaign war chest into a staffing company that he owns, an unusual arrangement that circumvents the common practice of political figures around the state and ensures the public does not know…
By Chris Nakamoto | WBRZ | March 30, 2022 CLICK FOR VIDEO BATON ROUGE – A State Police Commission member is under investigation as part of an inquiry into questionable extra duty by police officers in New Orleans. The State Police Commission oversees troopers’ employment and manages discipline. The commission meets monthly in Baton Rouge. New…
By Peter Finney Jr. | Clarion Herald | March 29, 2022 Overlaid on a map of the city of New Orleans, the color-coded circles with skull-and-bones on Rafael Goyeneche’s computer screen are a nightmare canvas of 21st-century homicidal pointillism. In 1994, the city of New Orleans’ murder spree, fueled by drug warlords, produced 424 homicides,…
By Ken Daley | WVUE | March 29, 2022 NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) – One man was killed and another wounded early Tuesday (March 29) in a double shooting near the intersection of South Derbigny and Josephine streets in the Hoffman Triangle neighborhood, police said. The shooting was reported at 3:43 a.m. The NOPD said responding…
By Shay O’Connor | WDSU | March 29, 2022 CLICK FOR VIDEO In New Orleans, the Metropolitan Crime Commission reports homicides are up by 49% from this time last year. The month of March is seeing an unusual spike with 24 homicides as of March 28. It’s the second-highest total in a month since MCC…
By Holly Matkin | The Police Tribune | March 28, 2022 New Orleans, LA – A New Orleans father has been arrested for allegedly murdering the suspect accused of killing his son as the suspect was on his way to a court hearing last week, according to police. Hollis Carter, 21, was out on bond…
By Anders Anglesey | Newsweek | March 27, 2022 A Louisiana father is alleged to have fatally shot his son’s accused killer in a case of “street justice,” according to police. The New Orleans Police Department (NOPD) said Bokio Johnson, 46, fatally shot and killed one person and left a second injured in a shooting at Chef…
By Rob Masson | WVUE | March 24, 2022 https://www.fox8live.com/2022/03/24/double-murder-suspect-out-bond-was-murdered-while-heading-court/ NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) – A crime watchdog raises concerns about the snowball effect of crime, after Wednesday’s murder of a man who was out on bond, in spite of two second-degree murder charges pending against him. Hollis Carter was killed in Gentilly, after his arrest…